Jordan Lee Clarke is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 football

Football (soccer)

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 player. He is a defender

Defender (association football)

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 who currently plays for Football League Championship

Football League Championship

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 team Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

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Clarke attended the Coundon Court School

Coundon Court School

Coundon Court School is a comprehensive school in Coundon, Coventry, England. The current head teacher is Mrs Deborah Morrison, OBE. The school has been awarded specialist status as a Technology College.-Overview:...

 in Coundon

Coundon

"Coundon is not a place I would lie about and say it was perfect or anything like that. P.S. Jack, I, Brett Davidson, am ending our relationship because you are a bum." - Brett DavidsonCoundon is an old mining village in County Durham, England...

, Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

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Club

A former captain of the academy U16 side, Clarke made his professional debut for his hometown club as a substitute on 9 August 2009, in a 2–1 Football League Championship

Football League Championship

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 win against Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

. Three days later, he made his full debut against Hartlepool

Hartlepool United F.C.

Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

 in the Carling Cup, playing 104 minutes. He was unfortunate to be sent off after a controversial second yellow card in only his fourth league start in the away loss to Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

 on 6 November. On 9 December, he was injured and substituted in the first half during the 2–0 loss to Newcastle United at home. It was later confirmed that he will be out for around three months due to knee ligament damage. he scored his first goal for the sky blues against Barnsley in a 3-0 Win at the Ricoh Arena.

International

Clarke was called into the England under-19 squad for the friendly against Russia

Russia national under-19 football team

The Russia national under-19 football team, controlled by the Russian Football Union, represents Russia at the European Under-19 Football Championship and international friendly match fixtures at the under-19 age level.- Introduction :...

 in September 2009. He played a large part in helping England advance to the elite qualification round for the 2010 European Championships

2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

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External links

• Jordan Clarke player profile at ccfc.co.uk